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Scientific Name | Muraltia acipetala Harv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | POLYGALACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2007/06/04 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme |
Justification | Known from five subpopulations. alien plant invasion and urban expansion are likely to have caused losses but extant subpopulations are safe within the Table Mountain National Park. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cape Peninsula, Red Hill to Slangkop and Bonteberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Low hills and sandy flats in fynbos. |
Threats |
| Threatened in the past by habitat loss to urban expansion and competition from alien invasive plants, however aliens on Red Hill have been cleared an are being managed, and remaining subpopulations are within formally protected areas. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| Protected in Table Mountain National Park. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Muraltia acipetala Harv. | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
Helme, N.A. and Trinder-Smith, T.H. 2006. The endemic flora of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 72(2):205-210.
Levyns, M.R. 1954. The genus Muraltia. Journal of South African Botany Supplement 2:1-247.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Helme, N.A. 2007. Muraltia acipetala Harv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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